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Air Force Brass Order Removal of All Offensive, Non-Inclusive Patches, Mottos and Emblems Bill Butler, Air Combat Command deputy command historian, makes edits to the annual history report at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Jan. 24, 2017. (Tristan Biese/U.S. Air Force) 8 Jan 2021 Commanders have until Feb. 21 to review their units' emblems, morale patches, mottos, nicknames, coins and other heraldry and insignia and remove any that are racist, sexist or derogatory, the Air Force announced Tuesday. Starting at the squadron level and moving up, commanders must abolish symbols that are derogator...

More than 6,200 National Guard members will take part in the response, McCarthy said. Roughly 150 Guard members were on the 60-acre grounds Thursday morning, with 850 more expected by the afternoon, he added. The fence will run along two of Washington, D.C.'s most scenic and utilized thoroughfares, Independence and Constitution Avenues, and surround the front and back of the Capitol from 1st Street NE to 1st Street SW, stopping short of the Capitol Reflecting Pool. It will secure the building and provide a perimeter that lets the Metropolitan Police Department "get back into the streets of Wa...